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REPORTS,, ETC. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



strata of the, 1841, 55; 1843, 128; 1844, 

 390; 1859, 289; 1860, 43. 

 Atmosphere, Prof. J. Phillips on the me- 

 chanical effects of the movements of the, 



1846, 340 ; molecular effects of the move- 

 ment of the, 346. 



, Prof. Schonbein on the part which 



ozone acts in the, 1845, 98. 

 Atmosplieric air, moist, on the phenomenon 



which phosphorus exhibits when placed 



in, by Prof. Schonbein, 1845, 97, 100. 

 electricity. Prof. J. D. Forbes on, 



1831-32, 252; 1840, 116. 

 ■■ electricity, experiments on induction, 



&c. by, at the Kew Observatory, 1844, 140. 

 electricity, experiments on frequency 



of, at the Kew Observatory, 1844, 141 ; 



1850, 177,179; 1851, 354. 

 ' electricity, report on the discussion of 



observations made at the Kew Observa- 

 tory, by W. R. Birt, 1849, 113. 

 electricity, report of Committee for a 



self-recording atmospheric electrometer 



for Kew, and on portable apparatus for 



observing, 1860, 44. 

 • phenomena and precipitations. Prof. 



J. D. Forbes on, 1831-32, 246 ; 1840, 102. 

 « pressure, Prof. J. D. Forbes on, 1831- 



32, 225 ; 1840, 85. 

 temperature. Prof. J. D. Forbes on, 



1831-32, 210; 1840,50. 

 waves. Prof. J. D. Forbes's remarks 



on, 1831-32, 235. 

 — — waves, Sir J. F. W. Hersehel on, 



1843, 60, 98. 



■ waves, reports by W. R. Birt on, 



1844, 267; 1845, 112; 1846, 119, 372; 



1847, 351; 1848,35- 



Atomic theory, a brief view of, in regard to 



certain points connected with the, by 



Prof. Johnston, 1831-32, 415. 

 weights multiples of that of hydrogen. 



Prof. Johnston on, 1831-32, 416. 

 weights and specific gravities, relation 



between, 1831-32, 416. 



weights, Gerhardt's, on, 1859, 20. 



Atropin, Hyoscyamin, Prof. Johnston on, 



1831-32, 509. 

 Attraction, capillary, Rev. Pro£ Challis's 



report on the theory of, 1834, 253 ; 1836, 



249. 

 Augite and hornblende, on, 1831-32, 486. 

 Auriculadae, Irish, 1843, 253 ; of the North- 

 east Atlantic, 1856, 116, 145 ; of the West 



Coast of North America, 1856, 315, 

 Aurochs, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on the, 



1843, 232. 

 Aurora borealis, Prof. J. D. Forbes on the, 



1831-32,2 54; 1840, 120. 

 — — , notes on the appearance of an, 1839, 



29. 

 Avena fatua, experiments on the growth of, 



by Prof. J. Buckman, 1857, 206. 

 Avicula, Dr. Carpenter on the microscopic 



structure of the shells of, 1844, 20. 

 Aviculadse, Irish, 1843; 260; of the West 



Coast of North America, 1856, 249; 

 British, 1860, 221. 



Balaenida?, Irish, W. Thompson on the, 

 1840, 363. 



Balistida3 of the China Seas, Sir J. Richard- 

 son on the, 1845, 200, 318. 



Balloons, report on experiments with, for 

 ascertaining the condition of the upper 

 strata of the atmosphere, 1841, 55 ; 1843, 

 T28 ; 1844, 390; 1859, 289 ; 1860, 43. 



Barium, chloride of, and sulphate of mag- 

 nesia, — or sulphate of soda, — or sulphate 

 of zinc, — or protosulphate of iron, — or 

 sulpliato of copper, — or sulplatc of am- 

 monia. Dr. T.Andrews on the heat of com- 

 binations of, 1849, 71, 72. 



Barker's water-mill, J. Glynn on, 1847, 148. 



Barley, experiments on the growth of, by 

 Prof. J. Buckman, 1857, 206. 



Barometer, Prof. J. D. Forbes on the mean 

 height of the, 1840, 88. 



for use in a balloon, on the, 1841, 58. 



, on the oscillations of the, by W. R. 



Birt, 1846, 132. 



, photo-registering, at Kew Observa- 

 tory, 1848, xviii. 



, examples of falls of the, preceding 



earthquakes, R. Mallet on, 1850, 69. 



Barometers of the Kew Observatory, 1844, 

 127; 1848, xviii; 1851, 346,367; 1852, 

 xxviii ; 1854, xxviii ; 1855, xxx ; 1856, xxx. 



, Prof. J. D. Forbes on, 1831-32, 225 ; 



1840, 85. 



Baromotograph, photo-, at the Kew Ob- 

 servatory, description of the, 1851, 346. 



Barometric oscillations, Prof. J. D. Forbes 

 on, 1831-32, 229 ; 1840, 90. 



variation with height, Prof. J. D. 



Forbes on, 1831-32, 236 ; 1840, 92. 



observations, discussion of Mr. Brown's, 



by W. R. Birt, 1846, 140. 



Barytes, acetate of, and sulphuric acid, or 

 oxalic acid, Dr. T. Andrews on the heat 

 of combinations of, 1849, 74. 



— — and strontian, separation of, 1831-32, 



475- 



, nitrate of, and sulphate of magnesia, — ■ 



or sulphate of soda, — or sulphate of zinc, 

 — or sulphate of copper, — or sulphuric 

 acid. Dr. T. Andrews on the heat of com- 

 binations of, 1849, 73, 74. 



in mineral waters, Dr. Daubeny on, 



1836, 16. 



, hyposulphite of. Prof. Johnston on, 



1831-32, 481. 



Basalt of Dukhun, on the, 1837, 223. 



Bases and acids, heat of combination of, 

 1849, 68. 



Bassorine (gum), analysis of, 1831-32, 511. 



Batrachia, fossil. Prof. Owen on, 1841, 181 ; 

 1859, 166. 



Batrachoidese (Acanthopterygii) of North 

 America, Sir J. Richardson on the, 1836, 

 207, 212. 



Bats of North America, 1836, 138; of Duk- 



